Humoral immunity to streptococcal antigen in acute and chronic glomerulonephritis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To suggest a different method for diagnosing vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) in lieu of voiding cystourethrography (VCU), in order to prevent radiation exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-two ureterorenal units of 26 patients were evaluated ultrasonographically for visualizing the renal collecting systems, both ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Balbay MD,Ozsan O,Ozbek E,Ozkan S,Güneş A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disorders for patients on dialysis are significant causes of a poorer quality of life and increased morbidity and mortality. No study has evaluated patients undergoing automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) to assess their sleep disorders compared to hemodialysis (HD) and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Losso RL,Minhoto GR,Riella MC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate knowledge about the morphology and degree of infiltration of a bladder tumor is an essential prerequisite to correctly plan, and forecast the results of, the treatment of these tumors. Among the radiological investigations double contrast cystography is superior to excretory cystogram or conventional cystogra...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Raghavaiah NV

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 50 patients with terminal renal failure treated by intermittent peritoneal dialysis quantitative and qualitative assessments of peritoneal cells present in six successive changes of dialysate were performed using light microscopy and the Cytur test (Boehringer). The examination was repeated in 25 patients in the co...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sułowicz W

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe a new technique that can easily be used as a tension-free practical alternative in closing the renal defects resulting after open partial nephrectomy (PN). METHODS:A new technique (called "lipocorticoplasty") where "wrapped fatty tissue" was placed in the tumor crater to close the renal defects t...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ozkan L,Saribacak A,Taneri C,Ozkurkcugil C,Cevik I,Dillioglugil O

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To remove multiple calyceal stones percutaneously is not a simple task. During the act of dilating the pierced channel the stones are apt to drift away towards other parts of the renal cavitary system. For avoidance we recommend the use of Pyeloform, a bicomponent synthetic compound in which chemical reaction between ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nagy Z,Bulyovszky I,Székely J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hippocampus plays an important role in spatial learning and memory. Ghrelin, a brain-gut peptide, participates in the mnestic functions of hippocampus through its receptor growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) distributed in hippocampus. This study was to investigate whether there was a correlation betwe...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Lv Z,Gao J,Wang L,Chen Z,Yuan H,Ma X,Lu J,Lv J,Wu X,Zhang L,Wei L,Xue R,Fu R,Ma L

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Some studies have found that prostate cancer (PCa) screening provides little or no change in PCa-related mortality during the 7-10 years following diagnoses. However, most men are diagnosed with PCa at low-stage disease and die of unrelated causes during this period. Men diagnosed at stage IV are at much high...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Colli JL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the autologous fascia rectus sling in treating stress urinary incontinence in female patients with neuropathic bladder. Furthermore, correlations between preoperative parameters and outcome were evaluated. METHODS AND DESIGN:We retrospectively ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Athanasopoulos A,Gyftopoulos K,McGuire EJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of combined treatment of tadalafil (a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor) and tamsulosin (an α1-adrenoceptor antagonist) on bladder dysfunction in a rat model of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO). METHODS:Cystometry was performed in conscious female BOO rats 6 weeks after partially ligatio...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Furuta A,Suzuki Y,Igarashi T,Koike Y,Egawa S,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study investigated the clinical characteristics and symptomatology of ESRD patients in Jordan taking a multidimensional approach. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study that included a cohort of 620 patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (HD). Data were retrieved via patient survey administration ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Karasneh R,Al-Azzam S,Altawalbeh SM,Alshogran OY,Hawamdeh S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the value of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), Ki-67 antigen labelling indices and nucleolar organizer region (NOR) score in relation to histological grade, stage, recurrence and progression of the bladder tumor. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Tissue specimens from 77 bladder cancer patients ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Bozlu M,Orhan D,Baltaci S,Yaman O,Elhan AH,Tulunay O,Müftüoğlu YZ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course of 30 patients with idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis has been followed up for 8.1 +/- 3.4 (4-17) years. First, in each case a long-term prednisone treatment was administered. During this therapy 12 (40%) patients improved and 9 had remission. In the 18 (60%) steroid resistant cases the trea...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Mohácsi G,Magori A,Sonkodi S

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We examined the incidence of myocardial ischemia (MI) in kidney transplant recipients (KTR) using myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), and its association with long-term outcomes after transplantation. METHODS:A retrospective observational study was conducted of asymptomatic KTRs who underwent post-transplant M...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Low S,Chua HR,Wong R,Goh A,Ng YH,Teo BW,Vathsala A

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with a high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We assessed the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on renal function in patients with CKD and OSA. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study, 42 patients with Stage 3-5 CKD and OSA were stratif...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Puckrin R,Iqbal S,Zidulka A,Vasilevsky M,Barre P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a serious complication in patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention. We aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP)-guided hydration for the prevention of CI-AKI in ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Marashizadeh A,Sanati HR,Sadeghipour P,Peighambari MM,Moosavi J,Shafe O,Firouzi A,Zahedmehr A,Maadani M,Shakerian F,Kiani R,Mohebbi B,Alemzadeh-Ansari MJ,Tahvili R,Naghavi B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial insemination (ADI) has been carried out with donor semen since 1984. Following artificial insemination 14 women out of 27 became pregnant in 1984, 30 women out of 57 in 1985 and 33 women out of 56 until October 1, 1986. The cycles were monitored. Serum LH and oestradiol levels were determined every day from...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Szöllösi J,Ugocsai G,Sas M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Sacral neurostimulation (SNS) involves a two-stage procedure to assess outcomes prior to permanent implantation. Stage 1 involves placement of a sacral lead that is externalized and tested for 2 weeks. Stage 2 is the implantation of a pulse generator in responders (≥ 50% improved). This study's purpose was to dete...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Nikolavsky D,Killinger K,Boura J,Peters K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-four patients with testicular seminoma were treated at the Northern Israel Oncology Center during the years 1968-1988. Using the staging classification of Hussey, 69 patients (82%) had Stage I, eight (10%) had Stage IIA, four (5%) had Stage IIB, one (1%) had Stage IIIA, and two (2%) had Stage IIIB disease. Sixt...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Stein M,Steiner M,Moshkowitz B,Sapir D,Kessel I,Kuten A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ureteroscopy is now in routine use for the diagnosis and treatment of various pathologies in the upper urinary tract. We report here on our experience in diagnostic and therapeutic applications of the 11.5 F rigid ureteroscope in 85 patients and 88 ureters. An overall success rate of 68.18% (60/88) was achieved when t...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Ilker Y,Dillioğlugil O,Tarcan T,Türkeri L,Akdaş A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 104 patients with urethral strictures treated over a period of 3 years, sixty-five (63%) had complications such as inflammatory periurethral mass, watering-can perineum with discharging sinuses and fistulas, associated urethral calculi, periurethral abscesses and urethral diverticula. Seventy-four per cent of th...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sharfi AR

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Search is under way to develop reliable tests for the prediction of stone risk. Several indices and ratios on the basis of urinary excretions have been suggested. In the present study the applicability of some risk indices and ratios in slum dwellers of Dharavi area of Bombay was examined. No significant difference wa...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Hussain F,Billimoria FR,Singh PP

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance (IR) and secondary hyperinsulinaemia are major risk factors of atherosclerosis and probably also of related glomerulosclerosis. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI), while improving IR in essential hypertension, do not improve it in patients with chronic renal disease. Thus, the combinati...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Stefíková K,Spustová V,Gazdíková K,Krivosíková Z,Dzúrik R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:El-Far and Sobh were the first to describe abnormalities in porphyrin metabolism in Egyptian patients with chronic renal failure (CRF). Our results were confirmed by others. The present investigation aims to study and discuss the nature of those abnormalities and changes in porphyrin metabolism in CRF patients followi...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： el-Far M,Sobh M,Ghoniem M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum concentrations of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) and carboxyterminal parathyroid hormone (C-PTH) were measured in 33 haemodialysis patients. Serum levels of PICP and C-PTH in the haemodialysis group were significantly higher than those in the controls. Although there was no correlation b...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sawamura T,Sasagawa I,Kubota Y,Ishigooka M,Nakada T,Adachi M,Yamaguchi T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiloculated renal cell carcinoma and multilocular renal cyst with renal cell carcinoma are uncommon diseases. We report on 2 cases of multiloculated renal cell carcinoma. To our knowledge 16 cases of multiloculated renal cell carcinoma and multilocular renal cyst with renal cell carcinoma have been previously descr...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Koga S,Yamasaki A,Nishikido M,Matsuo R,Matsuya F,Yushita Y,Kanetake H,Saito Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hemodialysis (HD) patients are at risk of deficiency of essential trace elements and excess of toxic trace elements. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between the serum levels of some trace elements and heavy metals (iron, zinc, manganese, copper, magnesium, cobalt, cadmium, and lead) and endo...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Kaya Y,Ari E,Demir H,Gecit I,Beytur A,Kaspar C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Primary bladder neck obstruction (PBNO) is a nonneurogenic voiding disorder and frequently overlooked in young men. Prior studies have reported the efficacy of α-blockers only in the short-term for male patients with PBNO. We hereby report our long-term results using α1-blocker therapy in young men with PBNO....

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Li B,Gao W,Dong C,Han X,Li S,Jia R,Xiao C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three hundred fifteen (315) elderly (> or = 60 years) patients with clinical renal diseases were evaluated for the evidence of glomerular diseases between November 1998 to June 2002. Glomerular diseases (GN) were observed in 20.6% (65/315) of the elderly patients. The age of the patients (male 56; female 9) ranged bet...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Prakash J,Singh AK,Saxena RK,Usha

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the possible association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and infectious complications after prostate biopsy. METHODS:A total of 480 men underwent prostatic biopsy due to elevated prostate-specific antigen levels and/or abnormal digital rectal examination. Patients were divided into two subgroups ...

journal_title：International urology and nephrology

authors： Sahin C,Eryildirim B,Cetinel AC,Faydaci G,Narter F,Goktas C,Sarica K

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00